NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
LeClair, Mary C.; Hansen, James C. – 1995
The goal of this study was to extend what is currently understood regarding attitudes toward the homeless population. The study focused on how homeless and nonhomeless adolescents attribute the causes of homelessness. Grounded in attribution theory, the study hypothesized that nonhomeless adolescents would ascribe causality to dispositional or…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Attribution Theory, Causal Models
HACER: Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research, Minneapolis, MN. – 1999
A research project was conducted between April and December of 1998 to learn about the experiences of the sizable numbers of Latinos who live in Dakota County (Minnesota). This diverse group was studied through examining existing demographic information, conducting interviews with 45 Latino and Anglo individuals, and conducting several focus…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic Americans, Low Income Groups
Hewitt, Roger – 1996
This book is an account of a study of racism among young people in the central and southern parts of the London (England) Borough of Greenwich. It builds upon an earlier study in the Thamemead area in seeking to understand the social basis of racist activity in order to design strategies to combat it. Greenwich is an area that has experienced…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Culture, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups